Xavier Florencio
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Xavier Florencio Cabré |
Born | Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain | December 26, 1979
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Weight | 59 kg (130 lb) |
Team information | |
Current team | Team Katusha–Alpecin |
Discipline | Road |
Role | Rider (retired) Directeur sportif |
Professional teams | |
2001–2003 | ONCE–Eroski |
2004–2005 | Relax-Fuenlabrada |
2006–2008 | Bouygues Télécom |
2009–2010 | Cervélo TestTeam |
2011 | Geox–TMC |
2012–2013 | Team Katusha[1] |
Managerial team | |
2014– | Team Katusha |
Major wins | |
Clásica de San Sebastián (2006) |
Xavier Florencio Cabré (born December 26, 1979 in Tarragona, Catalonia) is a Spanish former professional road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2001 and 2013.[2] Over his career, Florencio competed for ONCE–Eroski, Relax-Fuenlabrada, Bouygues Télécom, Cervélo TestTeam, Geox–TMC and Team Katusha.
Career[]
Xavier Florencio Cabré is an ex Catalan cyclist, born in Mont-roig del Camp (Tarragona) on the 26th of December 1979. From a family of cyclists, his father José and his sister Núria were also professional cyclists.
At present he lives in Andorra with his wife Xary, who also rode professionally, and with whom he shares his interest in cycling and sport. His two daughters, Lola and Vera, are his biggest fans.
Xavier started as a professional as part of the ONCE-Eroski team in August of the year 2000 in the Vuelta a Galicia, he remained with this team until the end of 2003. He spent the following two years 2004–2005 with Relax-Bodysol and the next with Relax-Fuenlabrada. After his two years with the Relax Team he was three years with the French team Bouygues Telecom and it was there that he triumphed winning the San Sebastian Classic in 2006, beating a group of illustrious cyclists in the sprint, such as Stefano Garzelli, Andrey Kasheckin and Alejandro Valverde.
After two years with the French team he signed for two seasons with the Cervelo-Test Team after their lead cyclist Carlos Sastre requested that Xavier join the team. Finishing with the Swiss team he signed with Geox for a year following that he signed with Katusha until 25 October 2013 when he announced his retirement from cycling due to a health problem at 33 years old and after 13 seasons as a professional. Nonetheless he has remained linked with Katusha as an assistant in 2014 then in 2015 he became their Sports Director.
At present he is still a sports director in the cycling world as well as an entrepreneur in the hotel and services sector.
Career achievements[]
Major results[]
- 1996
- 1st National Junior Road Race Championships
- 2002
- 1st, 8th Stage, Tour de l'Avenir
- 3rd, Vuelta a La Rioja
- 5th, GP CTT Correios de Portugal
- 2003
- 5th, Ronde van Nederland
- 5th, Vuelta Valenciana
- 6th Tour Down Under
- 2006
- 1st, Clásica de San Sebastián
- 3rd, Overall, Tour de l'Ain
- 2007
- 4th, National Road Race Championships
- 9th, Clásica de San Sebastián
- 2008
- 3rd Overall Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
- 1st, Points classification
- 3rd Overall Tour du Limousin
- 2012
- 9th Clásica de San Sebastián
Grand Tour general classification results timeline[]
Grand Tour | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
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— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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— | — | — | 46 | 101 | — | — | — | — | — |
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90 | 98 | DNF | DNF | 36 | 59 | 104 | — | 105 | — |
— | Did not compete |
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DNF | Did not finish |
References[]
- ^ Stokes, Shane (26 October 2011). "Katusha Team confirms its eleven new signings for 2012 season". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
- ^ Stokes, Shane (26 October 2013). "Florencio explains narrowing of Iliac artery has forced his retirement, will take up a sporting director role with Katusha". VeloNation. VeloNation LLC. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
External links[]
- Profile on Team Katusha official website
- Official website
- Xavier Florencio at Trap-Friis.dk
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Cyclists from Catalonia
- Spanish male cyclists
- People from Tarragona
- Spanish cycling biography, 1970s birth stubs